TMC Drops Sitting MLA Asit Majumdar, Fields Young Face Debangshu Bhattacharya for Assembly Polls

The TMC has announced its list of candidates for the assembly polls. The names of several sitting MLAs are missing. Asit Majumdar, a three-time MLA from Chinsurah, has been dropped. Debangshu Bhattacharya, the party's young face and spokesperson, has been fielded from that seat. Asit Majumdar, who won his first election in 2011 as a TMC candidate from Chinsurah when the Left Front was in power. Asit Majumdar, the party's candidate from Chinsurah in 2016 and 2021. But in 2026, the party is banking on a young face. But did Asit get an inkling of this? The outgoing MLA said,'We are chunoputi people. Why talk to us? And if I have flaws, why not give me a ticket?'He has given me a ticket three times in the past. But I have no qualms about it.